Beth A. Edgerton, PA-C

"Beth A. Edgerton, PA-C, was born near Boston but grew up in in Massillon, Ohio, where she was a 1995 graduate of Jackson High School. She attended Taylor University in Indiana, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Drawn to biomedical sciences during undergraduate studies, she prayerfully returned to school at the Medical College of Ohio in the Physician Assistant Studies program. She received her Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences and Physician Assistant Studies in 2002 and was also the Dean’s Award recipient. Following graduation, Beth moved to Rocky Mount, NC, and worked as a Family Medicine Physician Assistant at Rocky Mount Family Medical Center until the Spring of 2006. She then worked at Boice Willis Clinic in Rocky Mount, as an Internal Medicine Physician Assistant, for more than 13 years, before joining Freedom Family Medicine. In medical practice, Beth especially enjoys treating women and geriatric patients. She is excited to bring her experience to a practice that also shares her Christian faith. Beth has been married to David (a Rocky Mount native) for 15 years, and they have 3 children. She and her husband have both worked in different capacities with children and youth at Englewood Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, having been Sunday school teachers for 3rd graders since 2009."

"Direct Primary Care has been around for many years, but it is growing rapidly as a model of health care because it addresses all these concerns and puts control of health care back between the patient and the doctor. Freedom Family Medicine is a Direct Primary Care practice. We offer 45 minute visits for regularly scheduled appointments and same day or, at the latest, next day visits when you are sick. Wait time is very limited because the doctor will be seeing 10-15 patients per day at the most. How would you like to have a direct phone number and email for your doctor for after hours and weekends? At Freedom Family Medicine, you’ve got it! In Direct Primary Care, patients pay the doctor directly, out-of-pocket, for office visits instead of insurance companies or governmental agencies paying the doctor. You may think this is more expensive or you may think, “I’ve already paid for my insurance, and I need to be able to use it.” Direct Primary Care is actually quite affordable as you can see under the Pricing tab. You will still need your insurance for hospitalization and for some medicines, but in the world of steadily increasing deductibles and insurance costs, many patients can actually save money by coming to a practice like Freedom Family Medicine. And with governmental agencies and insurance companies no longer dictating every detail, we can begin to restore power over personal health care back to where it belongs….between the patient and the doctor."